Commentary Open Access
Volume 5 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.33696/pathology.5.049
Methylene Blue Oral Rinse: An Effective Alternative for the Treatment of Pain in Oral Mucositis during Head and Neck Cancer Treatment
Reuben Horace1, Sara P. Roldan2, Carlos J. Roldan3,4*
- 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
- 2Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA
- 3Department of Pain Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Texas Center, Houston, Texas, USA
- 4Department of Emergency Medicine, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA
Corresponding Author
Carlos J. Roldan, croldan@mdanderson.org
Received Date: June 13, 2024
Accepted Date: August 07, 2024
Horace R, Roldan SP, Roldan CJ. Methylene Blue Oral Rinse: An Effective Alternative for the Treatment of Pain in Oral Mucositis During Head and Neck Cancer Treatment. J Exp Pathol. 2024;5(1):24-30.
Copyright: © 2024 Horace R, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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